Collection of German prints Zbiór druków niemieckich (Sygn. 122)
Extent and Medium
205 digital images, PDF
Archival History
Archiwum Akt Nowych
Acquisition
Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Akt Nowych w Warszawie, Poland, Sygn. 122. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in March 2017. This is a cooperative project based on the agreement between USHMM and Yad Vashem, Israel.
Scope and Content
Posters, brochures, and leaflets issued by the German authorities during their occupation of Poland during World War II. Directed at the Polish population, these materials instructed residents about their obligations during the occupation, such as calling on Poles to lay down their arms, and also includes the ultimatums for the people of the city of Warsaw, the call to leave Warsaw, etc.
System of Arrangement
Arranged in two series: 1. Posters and leaflets, 1939; 2. Brochures and leaflets, 1942-1944.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
People
- Frank, Hans, 1900-1946.
- Fischer, Ludwik, 1905-1947.
Corporate Bodies
- Nazi Party
Subjects
- Łowicz (Poland)--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Propaganda, Anti-communist--Poland--History--20th century.
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Polish people--Crimes against--Poland--History--20th century.
- Nazi propaganda--Poland.
- Warsaw (Poland)--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- World War 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland.
- Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland.
- Skierniewice (Poland)--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
Genre
- Posters.
- Brochures.
- Leaflets.
- Document